neanderthal 音标拼音: [ni'ændɚθ
, ɔl]
a . 穴居人的
穴居人的
neanderthal adj 1 :
ill -
mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance ; "
was boorish and insensitive "; "
the loutish manners of a bully "; "
her stupid oafish husband ";
"
aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude " [
synonym :
{
boorish }, {
loutish }, {
neanderthal }, {
neandertal },
{
oafish }, {
swinish }]
2 :
relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man ;
"
Neanderthal skull " [
synonym : {
Neanderthal }, {
Neanderthalian },
{
Neandertal }]
n 1 :
extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia [
synonym : {
Neandertal man }, {
Neanderthal man },
{
Neandertal }, {
Neanderthal }, {
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis }]
neanderthal \
neanderthal \
adj .
1 .
uncouth in manners or appearance .
Syn :
boorish ,
clownish ,
loutish ,
oafish .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
Neanderthal race Neanderthal
Neanderthal \
Ne *
an "
der *
thal `\,
prop .
a .
1 . (
Anthropol .)
Of ,
pertaining to ,
or named from ,
the Neanderthal ,
a valley in the Rhine Province ,
in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man .
The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly ,
flat ,
retreating forehead ,
with closed frontal sutures ,
and enormous superciliary ridges .
The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1 ,
220 cubic centimeters ,
being about midway between that of the {
Pithecanthropus }
and modern man .
Hence ,
pertaining to or designating the
Neanderthal \
Ne *
an "
der *
thal `\,
prop .
n .
1 . (
Anthropol .)
A neanderthal human being ;
a member of the race {
Homo sapiens }
neanderthalensis ;
as ,
neanderthals were shorter than modern humans .
[
PJC ]
2 .
One resembling a neanderthal human ;
a troglodyte ;
a cave man .
[
PJC ]
3 .
Hence : (
Fig .)
A person of primitive ,
unenlightened or uneducated opinions or attitudes ;
one with a regressive social or political outlook ; --
used disparagingly .
[
PJC ]
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "
Neanderthal ":
Goth ,
Gothic ,
animal ,
barbarian ,
barbaric ,
barbarous ,
bestial ,
brutal ,
brute ,
brutish ,
ill -
bred ,
impolite ,
noncivilized ,
outlandish ,
primitive ,
rough -
and -
ready ,
savage ,
troglodyte ,
troglodytic ,
uncivil ,
uncivilized ,
uncombed ,
uncouth ,
uncultivated ,
uncultured ,
unkempt ,
unlicked ,
unpolished ,
unrefined ,
untamed ,
wild
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